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Forbesganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar. Vidyasagar Kesari is the MLA of Forbesganj assembly constituency elected in 2015 and 2020.
History
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 48 Forbesganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Forbesganj community development block.[1]
Forbesganj Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) .[1]
In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Forbesganj was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Bokai Mandal | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 1957 | Dumar Lal Baitha | ||
| Shital Prasad Gupta | |||
| 1962 | Saryu Mishra | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 1967 | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 1985 | Template:Full party name with color | ||
| 1990 | Mayanand Thakur | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Zakir Hussain Khan | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 2005 | Laxmi Narayan Mehta | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Padam Parag Roy | ||
| 2015 | Vidya Sagar Keshri | ||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | Manoj Bishwas | Template:Full party name with color | |
Election Results
2025
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2020
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2015
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2010
In the 2010 state assembly elections, Padam Parag Roy Venu of BJP won the Forbesganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Maya Nand Thakur of LJP.[5] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Laxmi Narayan Mehta of BJP defeated Zakir Hussain Khan of RJD in October 2005 and February 2005. Zakir Hussain Khan representing BSP defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 2000. Mayanand Thakur representing BJP defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 1995, and Shital Prasad Gupta of Congress in 1990. Saryu Mishra of Congress defeated Rai Bahadur Keshri of BJP in 1985, Nakshtra Malakar of CPI in 1980 and Lal Chand Sahni of JP.[6]
Vidyasagar Kesari was first elected in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, and re-elected in 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ↑ EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.".
- ↑ Forbesganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs. Elections in India.
- ↑ Bihar - Forbesganj. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ↑ 129 - Forbesganj Assembly Constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ↑ bihar assembly election candidates list 2020. NDTV.
External links
- Results of all Bihar Assembly elections. eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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